
Part 1: Through Jones Colored Glasses
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Father Divine - Is That Really Father Divine?
Father Divine was an African-American preacher who came to New York in 1914. His headquarters were on West 115th Street, one of the largest metropolitan districts in actually United States of America. In a time like the pre civil rights, pre Martin Luther King he has this power and this wealth where he is able to kind of really do this stuff. And then also the connection to his beliefs and the peril and how he ended up in a weird way being Joan, Jim Jones' spiritual father.
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